often attributive
: a game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players each on a large field having four bases that mark the course a runner must take to score
also
: the ball used in this game
Examples of baseball in a Sentence
We watched baseball on TV last night.
Recent Examples on the Web
The suspension was followed by the pitcher going unsigned by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2023, later playing baseball in Japan and Mexico.
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The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2024
This was two decades after Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
But Kingsbury could see that jogging over from baseball practice to spring football practice was wearing him out.
—Sean Gregory / Dallas, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
Garvey, a former Major League baseball star, raised $3.39 million.
Schiff, who polls show is leading Garvey, still has financial advantages.
—David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
The kids hearing Sam’s presentation may not know anything about baseball and Jackie Robinson now, but guess what?
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 14 Apr. 2024
He and Sigler got engaged in 2013 Sigler announced her engagement to the baseball player in January 2013.
—Alexandra Hurtado, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2024
Sacramento Mayor Joe Serna stepped to the podium in May 1997 to announce plans to build a stadium in downtown Sacramento that could lure a Major League baseball team to the city.
—Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2024
This was two decades after Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
But Kingsbury could see that jogging over from baseball practice to spring football practice was wearing him out.
—Sean Gregory / Dallas, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
Garvey, a former Major League baseball star, raised $3.39 million.
Schiff, who polls show is leading Garvey, still has financial advantages.
—David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
The kids hearing Sam’s presentation may not know anything about baseball and Jackie Robinson now, but guess what?
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 14 Apr. 2024
He and Sigler got engaged in 2013 Sigler announced her engagement to the baseball player in January 2013.
—Alexandra Hurtado, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2024
Sacramento Mayor Joe Serna stepped to the podium in May 1997 to announce plans to build a stadium in downtown Sacramento that could lure a Major League baseball team to the city.
—Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
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baseball
noun
base·ball
ˈbās-ˌbȯl 
: a game played with a bat and ball by two teams of nine players each on a field with four bases that mark the course a runner must take to score
also
: the ball used in this game
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